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The Jakarta-based wet-lease and charter carrier has become an IATA member after securing its IOSA safety registration last year, as it plans to grow its two-aircraft Boeing 737-800 fleet with an Airbus A320 due in service by December. IATA MEMBERSHIP MARKS NEXT STEP FOR JAKARTA CHARTER CARRIER BBN Airlines Indonesia has joined the International […]
The largest Part 141 flight school in the United States has added two Tecnam P2006T twin-engine aircraft to bolster multi-engine training capacity for its roughly 600 active students. TWO NEW TWINS JOIN THE LARGEST PART 141 SCHOOL’S FLEET Epic Flight Academy, a Florida-based flight school founded in 1999 and recognised as the largest Part
EPIC FLIGHT ACADEMY ADDS TWO TECNAM P2006T TWINS TO MULTI-ENGINE FLEETRead More »
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association’s second-quarter report shows business jet and turboprop shipments both up more than seven percent in the first six months of 2026, with total airplane billings climbing to $14.3 billion. BUSINESS JETS AND TURBOPROPS LEAD A MIXED FIRST HALF GAMA has published its Second Quarter 2026 General Aviation Aircraft Shipment
GENERAL AVIATION SHIPMENTS AND BILLINGS RISE IN FIRST HALF OF 2026, GAMA REPORTSRead More »
AS EGYPT TARGETS 30 MILLION TOURISTS A YEAR BY 2030, KLASJET ARGUES THAT AIRLINES CAN USE ACMI CAPACITY ALONGSIDE PERMANENT FLEETS TO MANAGE SEASONAL DEMAND, DELIVERY DELAYS AND SHORT-TERM OPERATIONAL GAPS. CAPACITY PLANNING AGAINST TOURISM GROWTH Egypt welcomed nearly 19 million tourists in 2025 and is targeting 30 million visitors annually by 2030, according
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ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS AND AIRBUS HAVE SIGNED A FLIGHT TRAINING AGREEMENT THAT WILL PLACE ANA GROUP AND PARTNER AIRLINE CADETS INTO AN AB-INITIO PROGRAMME AT SEVENAIR ACADEMY IN PORTUGAL. FIRST COHORT TO START IN 2026 Airbus and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have signed a comprehensive flight training agreement covering ab-initio pilot training for cadets
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LEONARDO HAS APPOINTED STEFANO VILLANTI AS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ITS HELICOPTERS DIVISION, EFFECTIVE 1 SEPTEMBER 2026. LEADERSHIP CHANGE AT LEONARDO HELICOPTERS Leonardo has appointed Stefano Villanti as Managing Director of Leonardo Helicopters, effective 1 September 2026. Villanti has spent the past ten years in senior leadership positions within Leonardo’s rotorcraft business. For the
STEFANO VILLANTI APPOINTED MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LEONARDO HELICOPTERSRead More »
TAAG Angola Airlines has signed a codeshare agreement with LATAM Brasil, giving TAAG passengers access to more than 50 domestic destinations in Brazil via São Paulo Guarulhos International Airport. EXPANDING BRAZILIAN CONNECTIVITY TAAG Angola Airlines has signed a codeshare agreement with LATAM Brasil for passenger transport services, integrating the two airlines’ destination networks and
Airbus Asia Training Centre will house an A220 full-flight simulator at its Seletar campus from the fourth quarter of 2027, deployed by Flight Training Alliance and operated by AATC. The arrangement draws four major aviation businesses into a single installation. WHO ACTUALLY PROVIDES THE TRAINING Airbus Asia Training Centre, a joint venture between Airbus
AAR CORP. has appointed Sanjay Sood as Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Technology Officer, reporting to Chairman, President and Chief Executive John M. Holmes. Sood arrives from CDW, where he was Chief Technology Officer, and holds a doctorate in computer science. A REMIT THAT RUNS FROM CYBERSECURITY TO AI AAR CORP. has
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand will introduce Boeing’s Competency-Based Training and Assessment Learning Library across flight training organisations throughout the country. Boeing states it is the first time a regulator, rather than an individual operator or school, has implemented the library ecosystem-wide. ADOPTED BY THE REGULATOR, NOT THE SCHOOLS Boeing and the Civil
